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FEU Short Film Bags MSFF First Prize

BY WHATSHAPPENINGPublished · Friday, January 19, 2018 01:16 PM

A short film made by third year college students from Far Eastern University won first prize in the 19-21 age group (Further/Higher education) category of the Manila Student Film Festival held last January 16 at the International School Manila (ISM) Fine Arts Theater, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

Fat You, written and directed by Ronnel "Thirdy" Rivera III, tells the story of a fat girl who is afraid to show up in her class reunion after being bullied by her former classmates because of her physical appearance.

In his acceptance speech, Rivera thanked the organizers for initiating the event. "It lets us express ourselves through films." The winning filmmaker also reiterated his film's message. "Our film Fat You is for all the fat people not only in the Philippines but all over the world. Let's fight fat-phobia," he stressed.

Fat You bested three other finalists in its category, namely Batang Hamog by Eluigi Macalintal from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, To Be Determined by Lukas Fiechter, Brian Molloy and Alejandro Minana from ISM, and Ligaya by Migui Baluyut, Jahia Roces and Risa Murayama from Singapore School Manila.

Meanwhile, the public service announcement World of Plastic by Roland Swank, Julian Benedict Alguno and Miguel Caballero from Cebu International School bagged the top prize in the 8-11 age group (Junior/Elementary).

In addition, the short animation Fresh by Eve Hartley from ISM won in the 12-14 category (Middle/High school) while Sorry I'm Late by Agnes Roche, Carmel Limcaoco, Reed Santos and Bruno Cote Rodriguez, also from ISM, topped the 15-18 age group (Senior/High school).

The MSFF aims to celebrate "the creativity of young filmmakers in the Philippines by providing an audience for upcoming talent and inspiring the filmmakers of tomorrow to create films now."